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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 13h

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14h

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

To everyone claiming there were no arrests at the "No Kings" rallies yesterday, this is simply not true.

No, a Trump supporter was arrested for trying to use a gun against people exercising their First Amendment rights. He was arrested and his tacky Jeep with Trump flags was towed.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

A national security reporter at the right-wing Epoch Times newspaper has resigned after the publication signed on to rules restricting news gathering within the Pentagon.

Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon Rules

The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, also cited a recent editorial directive to refer to antifa, the far-left ideological movement, as a terrorist organization.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Well done, Donald Trump! Naively trusting fellow war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu has resulted in a "Peace in the Middle East" that lasted less than one Scaramucci.

But your record for always being incompetent remains unblemished. At least you don't have a Nobel Peace Prize you'd need to give back.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.

Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

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By Jenny Gross
Oct. 19, 2025, 10:05 a.m. ET
President Trump has posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 14h

No notes

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15h

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 12h

This is a complete abdication of journalistic responsibility. A president posting something this insane and disgusting should be front and center in the news.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 20h

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 17h

The most important article you will read today. This is simply not the America we love. I say this as a former national security professional who is very much pro law enforcement. The tactics used here are anathema to actual policing, against all TTPs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

newrepublic.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 18h

It is notable that the Times article did not mention this, which, in itself, should be a huge, ongoing scandal, particularly in light of all of the concern about condescension to ordinary Americans that the Democrats supposedly display.
uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump Has Posted An AI Video Of Himself Dumping S**t On Protesters

The US president is seen flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown as he targets those taking part in "No Kings" marches

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Joe DeLong @joedelong.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 19h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17h

Can’t help but note how little coverage is given to the altered nature of White House press events—with pro-Trump propagandists getting access and bulk of questions. Where’s the outrage? The pushback from the press? Why are these events aired? Ukraine press “op” is a perfect example.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

www.youtube.com

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18h

Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.

Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump

Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism

www.theguardian.com

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you to @us.theguardian.com and the international and independent press and remaining American legacy media outlets that are reporting and opining on the reality that we face as Trump and MAGA seek to consolidate their authoritarian control on the US and wreak havoc everywhere.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

Donald Trump keeps posting images of him as a king and the legacy media ignores it as if it is normal. It is not. It is dangerous.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Note in the annals of the NYT, WaPo and WSJ, this Trump posting simply doesn't exist. Typical. bsky.app/profile/nich...

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17h

Instead of seeing the Trump dropping poop AI video by old standards—"how dare he, if any Dem..."—see it in fight-against-authoritarianism terms:
They want everyone non-MAGA too scared to object, they fantasize about shooting protestors, and all they've got is a juvenile AI video to fake the feeling.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 1d

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h

It’s actually really serious that every mainstream Republican believes that any American who peacefully protests against Trump “hates America”.

Like it’s not just a weird thing they say. It shows how they’ve given up on democracy. And it should freak you out.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s video seems like the fever dream of someone very self conscious about their loss of bowel control.

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